Reading Vocabulary

2. give reasons
5. when you draw conclusions about something
7. the feeling you get after you have read a text EX: excitement; depressing
10. inform to educate or give information
11. written words; a.k.a. a passage
15. the reason something happened (Why it happened?)
16. what happened (What happened?)
17. to tell the differences between two items
18. a proven statement
20. to tell the appearance of how something looks
21. words that appeal to the five senses: hearing, smell, taste, touch, & sight
24. the attitude of the writer of a text EX: humorous; serious
25. how the narrator tells a story

1. when you compare two unlike things, using like or as
3. when you compare two unlike things, without using like or as
4. to give brief points of a topic (in your own words)
5. entertain to amuse readers or make them laugh, cry, etc.
6. someone’s personal belief
8. proven statements or conclusions that can be found in the text
9. give evidence by providing details
12. to tell the similarities between two items
13. persuade to try to convince someone to do something
14. to say what will happen
17. the main message of a story; what the story teaches
19. idea the overall “idea” of a paragraph or text
21. clues when you learn a word you don’t know by looking at the words surrounding it
22. process of elimination; when you eliminate “wrong” answer choices
23. structure how a text is structured